Today I made a discovery

[Father Ted]

The fuel gauge on the Micra s spouting bollocksl. And anythng under the 1/4 mark (despite being no where near the red bit f the dial) is a bit iffy and probably needs more fuel PDQ. I conked out of fuel today which was kind of embaressing, fortunatly I was in the middle of the road outside home as I was shifting the car, so I wound it p on the starte onto the drive and went rummaging for the 5L can of juice in the shed, I discovered that the can nozzle leaked when I poured about a litre all over y hand and feet.I kicked the car at that point and dented it.

[Split_Pin]

Oh dear.I quite like percussive maintenance too, although its normally on my computer.

[RedSparrow]

I have had many incidents like this.The 'Low fuel' light in the TR7 only comes on when it has just been filled. I was thinking of changing it with a marker pen to read 'Lots of fuel'.

[MrRegieRitmo]

I have had many incidents like this.The 'Low fuel' light in the TR7 only comes on when it has just been filled. I was thinking of changing it with a marker pen to read 'Lots of fuel'.

[Pillock]

There's too many negatives on a car dashboard, I admire your positivity. I'd also like to see "Oil pressure fine" and "Battery charge is just spiffing" lights too.

[Guest greenvanman]

I have had many incidents like this.The 'Low fuel' light in the TR7 only comes on when it has just been filled. I was thinking of changing it with a marker pen to read 'Lots of fuel'.

The 'low fuel' warning light on my old Aprilia 50 was in fact a 'you've just run out of fuel' warning light, as I found out to my cost one night...The Space Shuttle-esque Fusion has a magnificent all-digital dash with a light labelled 'Speed Warning'. I'll be sure to let you all know if I get that one to come on

[Pillock]

A mate had a Maestro VP back when they weren't so shite, a couple of years old when he got it. Anyway, early one morning he had the police come round knocking on the door telling him they'd found it in the supermarket carpark, he'd not even realised it was gone.Went to have a look and it was on it's roof thanks to joyriders hitting a trolley bay whilst thrashing it around. As he clambered in to take a few tapes and stuff out before the recovery people got there, the little automated voice chimed in with "Low Oil Pressure"

[pogweasel]

Ah, the joy of shite instrumentation. My previous BMW had total dementia with regard to the fuel guage. Empty on the guage could mean there was anything between 0 and 20 litres in the tank. But the warning light did work at least, though if it did come on it meant 'get to a petrol station really really now I mean it' as anything more than 5 miles on the light and you'd grind to a halt. Mrs_Pog's Picasso has a really irritating array of 'warning' noises, the fuel one always chimes at me whenever I use the car (ooh, what are the chances ), but at least I can make use of the comic 'overspeed' warning by setting it to 68mph just before she goes off in the car. HAR HAR HAR.

[Dukestar25]

Know the feeling FT. My A-reg Sierra was the classic example...If the fuel guage read 'empty' I was fine, loads of juice in it.If it was 'half full' it was time to find a filling station quickety-quick as it would probably be running out within the next 2 miles (caught me out a few times before I clocked what was happening).

[Volksy]

Having run old VW's for many years, I know you're pain..My Ex always ran out of fuel on Christmas Day, without fail, but was more down to her not looking at the fuel gauge. Ever...'Angry Pierre' my old 205 had a gauge that would read full when brimmed, then with anything less that that in the tank would richochet about like a geigercounter near Chernobyl on a 'hot' day. It would finally put the fuel light on and settle at the bottom when you had approx 200yds left in the tank.

[Pillock]

My Audi 90 was accurate, but thirsty. And I was skint, so only ever put a tenner in at a time to last me a few days to work and back (ten quid was about fourty miles).Sadly, ten quid wasn't enough to lift the needle above the red area, it was a 70litre tank, so every single time I used to damn thing I got the Bong! and the little picture of the petrol pump on the readout every so often. Bong! bong! etc.

[Station]

Nice to see I'm not the only one who has regularly run out of petrol. Being so skint in the past it would be only a matter of time before the £2 I just put in ran out. Haven't run out for ages though.

[MrRegieRitmo]

I thought there was a minimum amount you could put in??

[Volksy]

It does say on most pumps: 'Minimum Delivery 2 Litres'But if you put less in and dont have the money to pay for more, what are they gonna do??

[oldford]

The 'Minimum Delivery 2 Litres' bit is there to cover themselves under the weights and measures act. It's all to do with how the calibration of the pumps is checked and the pump has to supply at least 2 litres to fall within the limits of the act.